Tag: New national anthem

H/Reps Bill: “I choose 20yrs in prison than sing ‘Tinubu’s’ anthem” – Aisha Yesufu

Aminu Imam
Aisha Yesufu

Renowned social critic, A’isha Yesufu, says she will choose to spend 20 years in prison than sing the new National Anthem, which she described as ‘President Bola Tinubu’s anthem’. Her statement comes after a report emerged that a Bill, sponsored by the House of Representatives Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and now awaiting the second reading, proposed a 25-year imprisonment or N10 million fine, or both, for any person convicted for making a statement or taking an action that leads to separatist agitation, or inter-group or sectional conflict in the country. According…

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Rivers protesters reject Tinubu’s new National Anthem, sing ‘Arise O Compatriots’

Aminu Imam
Rivers protesters reject

#EndBadGovernance protesters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday, recited the now-defunct ‘Arise O compatriots’ national anthem, ditching the reintroduced ‘Nigeria We Hail Thee’. Recall that the Federal Government had reintroduced the latter anthem a few months ago. During the #EndBadGovernance protests in Port Harcourt, an amateur video captured the demonstrators standing in solidarity singing the ‘Arise O Compatriots’, demanding better governance from President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu officially reinstated the original national anthem: ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’, on May 29, 2024. Yesterday, Nigerians across the country took to the streets to…

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